Recipes by Key Ingredient

Live Earth Farm CSA Notes from Debbie's Kitchen
Recipes by key ingredient

Click on the camera icon to the left of an ingredient (below) for its picture. I don't have pictures of everything, but sometimes I update the images I do have, so check back occasionally. - Debbie

Note: many harvest weeks have more than one recipe, so if you click on a recipe title below and the page that appears shows some other recipe entirely, scroll down and it'll probably be the 2nd or 3rd recipe on that page!

One more thing... when I add new recipes to the lists below, they're added to the end of their respective list, so just keep that in mind if you come back to this site often. The newest recipes will be at the end of its list.

Update spring 2011: Rebecca Mastoris is taking over recipe-writing for me for the time being (see explanation). Her recipes in this database are in ALL CAPS so you can tell them apart from mine ;-) - Debbie

Update 12/12/2012 - the Live Earth Farm newsletter is changing format starting in 2013, so all new recipes will be posted directly on the farm's website, and searchable by tag cloud. This means I will no longer be updating this list with new recipes, however I will keep it intact, as an archive, since I know so many of you out there still refer to it on a regular basis (myself included!). ;-) Happy cooking! - Debbie Palmer

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musings on cooking and recipes
recipes-that-use-lots-of-box-ingredients
preparation, storage and other tips
what I'd do with this week's box
Savor and Flavor (Myriam de Solages' inspiring cooking website!)

apples
arugula
apricots
artichokes
asian greens
avocado
basil
beans, dry shell
beans, green (see "green beans")
beets
beet greens
blackberries
bok choi (or pak choi or mei qing choi)
braising or 'stir-fry' mix
broccoli, broccolini and broccoli raab
brussels sprouts
butternut squash (see "squash, winter")
cabbage (all kinds: green, red, Chinese/Napa)
carrots (click here for funny carrot photo!)
cauliflower
celeriac (celery root)
celery
chard
chilies
chives
cilantro
corn
collards (collard greens)
concord grapes
cucumbers
dandelion greens
dill
eggplant
escarole
fava beans
fennel
fresh garbanzo beans
garlic and green garlic (see also 'onions' picture for comparison)
grapes, concord
green beans
greens
jerusalem artichokes
kale
kohlrabi and kohlrabi greens
leeks (see also 'onions' picture for comparison)
lemongrass
lemons
lettuces, various (includes salad dressings)
marjoram
mei quing choi (see "bok choi")
melon
mizuna
mushrooms
mustard greens
napa cabbage (recipes will be under "cabbage")
onions
oranges
oregano
padron peppers (recipes will be under "chilies")
parsley
parsnips
peaches
pears
peas (fresh shell peas/English peas) (also see "sugar-snap peas," below)
peppers, bell and other sweet
peppers, hot - including Padrons! - (see "chilies")
persimmons
pineapple guavas (feijoas)
plums
potatoes
pumpkin (see "squash, winter")
purslane
quince
radicchio
radishes
raspberries
rutabagas
spinach
squash, summer (see "zucchini and other summer squash")
squash, winter
stir-fry mix (see "braising or stir-fry mix")
strawberries
sugar-snap peas
sweet potatoes
summer squash (see "zucchini and other summer squash")
Swiss chard (see "chard")
tarragon
tatsoi (see "asian greens")
thyme
tomatillos
tomatoes
turnips
watercress
watermelon
winter squash (see "squash, winter")
zucchini and other summer squash

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musings on cooking and recipes

Acting on Your Own Recognizance
Evolution of a CSA palate
Lettuce
Play with your recipes
Recipes are a tool
Adding things to recipes

recipes-that-use-lots-of-box-ingredients (I moved up a few from below to include here)

Dave & Stella Lauerman's use-as-many-things-from-the-box-as-you-can Salad
Oriental Tabbouleh
Green Soup
More on Green Soup
Nutty Green Soup
Fried Rice (I'm not including this anywhere below, 'cause it would be in nearly every category!)
Pasta Primavera (ditto!)
a week-in-the-life-of-Debbie's-Kitchen
Stuffed Pumpkin
The Meal Idea (uses beets, green garlic, chard, potatoes)
Other Box-content Ideas
[Virtually any veggies in] Pasta with Light Cream Sauce
Baked Veggie Egg Rolls
Bean Soup
Lasagna
Farmers Market Minestra
Vegetable Delight Sandwich Filling
Vegetable Pie
Salad with Raspberry Dressing
Redwood Forest Gazpacho
Pesto Soup
Grilled veggie packets
"Everything but the Kitchen Sink" Rice [or pasta] Salad
Easy Lentil-Veggie Salad
French Green Lentil and Goat Cheese Salad
Classic Beef (or chicken)-veggie Stir-Fry
Garlic-Toasted Quinoa with Vegetables
Mark and Mary's (Excellent!) Paprika Roasted Veggies
Great use for left-over roasted veggies!
General instructions for making quiche (see "Cauliflower Quiche")
Mineral Broth
Green Smoothies
Phil's Organic One Pot Stew
Molly's Miso/Udon Leftover Veggie Soup Trick
REBECCA'S MIGHTY MINERAL BROTH
SUMMER SALAD
VEGETABLE QUINOA SALAD
MIXED VEGETABLES PRESERVED in VINEGAR
CURRIED HUMMUS and VEGETABLE PINWHEELS
LATE SUMMER HARVEST SOUP
ROASTED ROOT VEGETABLES with GREENS and DAIKON
ROASTED VEGETABLE STOCK

preparation, storage and other tips

Produce Storage Tips: greens, part 1 (link to LEF newsletter week 6, 2001)
Produce Storage Tips: greens, part 2 (link to LEF newsletter week 7, 2001)
Strawberry tips and ideas
Strawberry storage tips (revised 2010)
Freezing fresh strawberries (revised 2010)
What I'd do with this week's box (prep and storage info)
How to tell young onions, leeks and green garlic apart
Arugula and Mizuna; what's what?
Lacinato or "Dinosaur" Kale
Tips on cooking when it's REALLY hot outside!
Barbie's Kale (and Chard) Tip
Farrell's veggie prep and storage tips
When to eat fava pods whole, when to shell them (and when to skin the beans inside)
Storing fresh basil (in 'what I'd do' blurb)
Keeping Basil Fresh!
What to do with all that Basil (freezing and drying)
Removing aphids from broccoli (older tip; see new tip, below)
Dealing with aphids in broccoli (I think this is better. Includes pictures)
How to roast peppers...
How to peel tomatoes...
A mini photo-documentation on making Sauerkraut...
Beets in the pressure cooker
Peeling cooked beets
Farrell's strawberry using and storing tips
Farrell's tips for Companion Bakers bread
Freezing Fresh Apricots (or Plums)
Leftovers are our friends
Making Stock
Basic Found Vegetable Stock
Freezing Peppers
Kirsten's apple pie tip
Freezing extra veggies
Your fresh rosemary
Debbie's oven-dried apples
Debbie's basic greens cooking technique
Mineral Broth
Another way to ID whether to cook whole fava pods or shell them and only use the beans
Another Kale Processing Tip
Storing whole watermelons
Debbie's Pizza Dough Recipe
REBECCA'S PIZZA DOUGH RECIPE
Garlicky pizza dough tip
Freezing whole tomatoes
Get yourself a good veggie scrub brush
Don't thow away those Rutabaga peels!
Brussels sprouts and aphids
Lori Clemmons' advice for new CSA eaters
Greens prep and storage (revised 2010, with pictures)
The Crisper Whisperer: 10 Secrets for Making the Most of your CSA
Debbie's Stir-n-roll Pie Crust Recipe
Why save the goop? [tomato goop, when seeding tomatoes]
Freeze your eggplant
Basic fresh fava bean preparation
PEANUT SAUCE
How to Freeze Fresh Green Beans
TOMATO NUTRITION AND HANDLING
How to Put Up (Can) Your Own Tomatoes - a step-by-step tutorial
Keeping Basil Fresh!
Pear-ripening tip
ROASTED VEGETABLE STOCK